Roller.



No. 622,958. Patented June 27, I899.

R. J. C. MITCHELL. I

ROLLER.

(Application filed Mar. 9' 1899.)

(No Model.)

w TNESSES: I INVENTOR ROBERT JOHN UHRUWIGK MITUHELL f M BY HDMM Adm HISATTOHNEYE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT O. MITCHELL, OF WATERFOOT, ENGLAND.

ROLLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,958, dated June 27, 1899.

Application filed March 9, 1899.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT JOHN CHAD- wIcK MITCHELL, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Waterfoot, near Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Rollers to be Used for- Wringing, Scouring, Washing, and other Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to such rollers as are made of wood or other material and the surfaces of which arenot covered and which are i used for wringing, washing, and other purposes, and also to rollers as are ordinarily covered with india-rubber, and by means of this invention the cover for these rollers will be cheaper, more durable, and more efiicient than india-rubber. pose to felt woolen'or similar fibers upon a suitable cylinder or former to the required thickness, diameter, and-hardness to form a seamless tubular cover or sleeve,whicl1 For this purpose I pro- Serial No. 708,889. (No model.)

hardened material fixed on the roller and simply turned in a lathe to a smooth cylindrical surface, which they will retain, and the fabrics will not be liable to slip on the surface during the processes of wringing, scouring, washing, or the like; but for some purposes I coat the surface thereof, as indicated at C, Fig. 1, with a Waterproof varnish or solution, or I soak the same therein or otherwise so prepare the same as to render the felt entirely impervious to Water and capable of being brought to a high polish, andat the same time it increases the solidity and durability of the felt without entirely destroying its elastic qualities.

By the term milled material I mean materialwhich has been subjected to a fulling or felting process.

I claim as my invention- An improved roller to be used for wring ing, scouring, washing or other purposes, con sisting of aroller having secured thereon a seamless tubular cover or sleeve of fabric composedof hardened,felted,or milled, fibers, adapted to be turned to a cylindrical form, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT J. O. MITCHELL.

Witnesses:

GEORGE DAVIES JNo. HUGHES. 

